žiovauti

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Lithuanian

 Žiovulys on Lithuanian Wikipedia
Beždžionė žiovauja - The monkey yawns.

Etymology

Cognate to Latvian žàvât (to yawn), Proto-Slavic *zěvati (to yawn). Also related to Lithuanian žióti (to gape, open wide), Proto-Slavic *zijati (to gape).

Ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰi-, Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₁i-eh₂- (to gape).

Distantly related to Latin hio (I yawn), Ancient Greek χάσκω (kháskō, I yawn), English yawn.

Verb

žiovauti (third-person present tense žiovauja, third-person past tense žiovavo)

  1. to yawn

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